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Talent Pipeline is here!
Last October, when we announced Talent Pipeline at our Talent Connect conference, the response was overwhelming—roaring applause and even some cheers from the audience (especially when LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner said “it’s Free”). Building and managing a pipeline of talent is becoming essential in this competitive, global economy and recruiting organizations have not had a [...]
Five questions you must ask your hiring manager
And other great passive talent tips from Betfair’s Rachel Riddington How do you set yourself up for success with passive candidates? You start by asking your hiring managers five key questions that quickly elevate your understanding of the role and the type of person who will be successful in it, according to Rachel Riddington, a [...]
Bersin IMPACT Conference, Told in 20 Tweets
Bersin & Associates has hosted its IMPACT conference for five years now, but it’s only in the last year or two that talent acquisition has become a significant portion of the program. I had the chance to attend the event in St. Petersburg, FL last week and was impressed by the caliber of the attendees and the discussion.
Rather than [...]
Making Just-in-Time Talent a Reality
Jim Schnyder has spent the last 11 years within the recruiting organization at PepsiCo, a $60B+ global company that counts Pepsi, Frito Lay, Tropicana, Quaker, Gatorade and many other household names in its stable of brands. He is SourceCon’s reigning GrandMaster Sourcer. He also headed up the initial rollout of LinkedIn’s Talent Pipeline across PepsiCo’s [...]
Finding ThoughtWorkers: What Works With Passive Candidates in Brazil
We are back with Part II of our interview series! Read on for your guide to passive candidate recruiting, straight from the mouths of LinkedIn Recruiting Solutions customers who do it best. Today we’re sharing advice from Camila Tartari, who started her career five years ago in a small recruitment consultancy, and now heads up in-house recruiting [...]
Secrets of Recruiters with the Best InMail Response Rates: Centrica’s James Dowling
Let’s face it: recruiting passive talent can be challenging. What does it take to attract the highest quality candidates, the ones who are satisfied and productive in their current jobs? This is the first in a series of posts showcasing the insights, tips and tools driving the success of some of the best passive candidate [...]
Hiring to Win: Three Talent Acquisition Leaders Weigh In
We recently hosted a great panel of LinkedIn Recruiting Solutions customers in Chicago. Talent acquisition leaders from Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Jones Lang LaSalle Americas and VivaKi Nerve Center shared a wealth of insight on how their organizations are leveraging social platforms to hire the best talent. Here are some of my favorite sound bites from the [...]
February’s Top Recruiting Stories on LinkedIn Today
Even with an added Leap Day, February flew by! Many of your peers were sharing articles on LinkedIn, ranging from tips for being great at your job to the shift in the recruitment market. Here are the top 5 stories from this past month:
Top recruiters agree that all interview questions stem from these three key [...]
Welcome to the Talent Economy
Like many functions in the organization, the way in which companies identify and recruit talent has changed more in the past 10 years than it did in the last century. According to Jobvite, 89 percent of companies planned to use social media to recruit in 2011, a source of talent that didn’t even exist at [...]
LinkedIn Talent Connect 2012: October 10-12 in Las Vegas!
We are thrilled to announce that this year’s LinkedIn Talent Connect recruiting conference will be held October 10-12, 2012, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Talent Connect is LinkedIn’s annual conference for our corporate customers, and it’s an opportunity for them to network with other recruiting leaders, learn best practices in Talent Acquisition, hear [...]
How to Invest Wisely in “The Start-Up of You”
Editor’s Note: Earlier today, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman shared this post–on his new book, becoming the CEO of your career, and taking an entrepreneurial approach to your professional life–on our corporate blog. We’re re-posting it here because we feel that Reid’s perspective is particularly relevant to this audience: the world of work is ever-changing, and [...]
Grow your pool of interested talent with the new Company Follow Button
Hundreds or thousands of talented professionals are visiting your company’s web pages every day, but how do you stay connected with these potential candidates over time? Today, LinkedIn is launching a powerful new way to stay in touch by inviting these professionals to follow your company on LinkedIn in just a single click.
The Company Follow [...]
Questions for…Peter Moore, Senior Manager of Talent Acquisition at Sony Electronics
Since he joined Sony Electronics (SEL) in March 2011, Peter Moore has revamped his company’s employment brand, driven incredible scale in his team’s recruiting activities, and re-positioned Talent Acquisition as a strategic partner to the business. We recently spoke with Peter to learn more about his transformational first year at SEL.
How did you come to [...]
Four Tips for Diversity Sourcing with LinkedIn
It’s no secret that a diverse workforce can have a range of positive effects on an organization, so we’re not surprised that our clients frequently ask us for best practices in sourcing diverse hires on LinkedIn. LinkedIn Recruiter’s search features and LinkedIn Groups are two products you can use to source diverse talent. Here are [...]
Three Secrets of Recruiting Success on LinkedIn
There’s no doubt that the world of recruiting is changing fast. To give you some practical tips that you can implement today to be successful, we asked some of the recruiters and talent teams leading the way in their use of LinkedIn for direct sourcing to share some of their secrets of success.
1. Start with [...]
LinkedIn Today: January’s Top Recruiting News
The month of January brought new beginnings for 2012, as well as great recruiting stories shared by your peers on LinkedIn Today. Read on for the most-shared stories of the month.
This editorial piece highlights the art of recruitment. Winning recruiters, the author says, make recruiting look easy: they possess a deeper understanding and invested passion [...]
